CSI Laboratories Partnership with Avalon Healthcare Solutions to
Benefit Patients in South Carolina

March 14, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

ATLANTA--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--CSI Laboratories today announced that they have entered into a service
agreement with Avalon Healthcare Solutions, a laboratory benefits
coordinator. This new partnership will make CSI an in-network provider
of specialized cancer diagnostic services for most of South Carolina
payers utilizing Avalon’s services.

“It is just a matter of reaching those
healthcare providers, and we think the partnership with Avalon
Healthcare Solutions will help us do just that.”

Patients in South Carolina with insurance plans contracted with Avalon
will now have access to CSI’s expert medical diagnoses, rapid turnaround
times, and quality-based testing services. Hospitals, along with
pathologists and oncologists, will also greatly benefit from CSI’s
newfound partnership with Avalon Healthcare Solutions. “We had often
found that due to insurance constraints, some healthcare providers were
unable to send their patients’ specimens to us, even when they preferred
our services over another laboratory. This partnership now opens the
door for those physicians to use our services without concerns that
claims may be denied or take longer to process due to using a
non-participating provider,” says CSI Vice President of Sales and
Marketing, Aaron Ginsberg. The in-network status will also provide
patients with cost savings. “As an in-network provider, the financial
burden on these patients will be limited, allowing them to get more out
of their health insurance plan,” says Fern Johnson, CSI’s Vice President
of Finance.

By providing services to Avalon contracted payers, CSI seeks to
introduce its unique patient-centric testing approach to as many
physicians and clinicians in the Carolinas as possible. “We know we have
a superior method for how we perform the testing and how we handle the
patients,” says Mr. Ginsberg. “It is just a matter of reaching those
healthcare providers, and we think the partnership with Avalon
Healthcare Solutions will help us do just that.”

About CSI Laboratories

CSI Laboratories is a specialized cancer diagnostic laboratory focused
specifically on meeting the unique needs and challenges of pathologists
and community hospitals. The company provides diagnostic testing in flow
cytometry, cytogenetic analysis, fluorescence in-situ hybridization
(FISH), immunohistochemistry, molecular genetics, and consultations in
the areas of hematopathology and surgical pathology. CSI Laboratories is
a CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory located in Alpharetta,
GA. CSI Laboratories is independently owned and operated by medical
professionals and has provided expert diagnostic testing to pathologists
across the United States since 1997.

Contacts

CSI LaboratoriesFred Daugherty, 678-248-8000Chief Operations
Officer

Release Summary

CSI Laboratories Partnership with Avalon Healthcare Solutions to Benefit Patients in South Carolina.